Questioning the efficacy of having a rapist help drum up re-election votes seemed reasonable enough, but Toronto CP24 reporter Nathan Downer was met with a barrage of verbal abuse from Mike Tyson when his conviction was brought up on live TV.

"Some of your critics would say 'this is a race for mayor, we know you're a convicted rapist, this could hurt his campaign', how would you respond to that?" Downer asked during the interview.

Tyson was initially blind-sided and evaded the question, before ranting: "It's interesting because you come across like a nice guy but you're really a piece of sh*t….f*ck you, that was a piece of sh*t."